Warnakulasuriya Tharindu Nimantha Fernando (born 1 May 1987) is an Italian

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er of Sri Lankan origin. He made his debut for the Italian national side at the 2013 European T20 Championship.Miscellaneous matches played by Tharindu Fernando
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2015. A right-handed batsman bowling occasional medium pace, Fernando played only a single match in his debut tournament, making a four-ball

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against

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. By winning the European T20 Championship, Italy qualified for the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier, where matches had full

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status. Although he featured in both of Italy's warm-up games (against

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), in the full tournament Fernando played only in the last game of the competition, the ninth-place playoff against

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. In his only full Twenty20 match to date, he scored two runs before being run out by Craig Williams, and did not bowl. Fernando played his first full tournament for Italy in June 2014, playing all six matches at the 2014 WCL Division Four tournament in Singapore. His best performance there came in the match against

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, where he scored 43 from 62 balls coming in seventh in the batting order, featuring in an 82-run sixth-wicket stand with

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. Fernando has been included in Italy's squad for its next major tournament, the 2015 European T20 Championship in Jersey.(27 April 2015)
"Europe’s battle for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier place takes place in Jersey"
– International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernando, Tharindu 1987 births Living people Italian cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lankan emigrants to Italy People from Chilaw